How to make the nose same color as skin

[Gerald McClaren]

Flora, thanks for taking the time to write out more or less what you've had done to make the nose the same color as the skin. Yes, the nose wasn't mine, I copied it from someone that place a nose on that photo. I had tried several nose, but couldn't get the nose to match the skin. How can I bring back the color on this photo. Do I use the level, color variations, or color balance. I really appreaciated your help on the nose job, it came out very, very, close to the skin color. Thanks again.

Gerald McClaren

[Flora]

Hi Gerald,

I restarted on the original posted on your other Thread .... I didn't redo all the restoration but simply removed the most disturbing spots and generally cleaned it up a bit so the colour correction could be seen better .....

One thing ... the colours I see on my monitor may differ from those you see on yours ... this is due to the possible different Monitor Calibration ... in other words colours that look just right to me may look 'off' to you ... so, you might have to change/tweak the values I give and adjust them until the colours look right to you ... but it is a start

That said, I corrected the colours and a bit the contrast with one Levels and one Selective colors Adjustment Layers.

Levels Adjustment Layer :

RGB
Input Levels: 26; 0.88; 247
RED
Input Levels: 71; 1.00; 255
GREEN
Input Levels: 0; 1.00; 255
BLUE
Input Levels: 22; 0.78; 231

Selective Colors Adjustment Layer :

REDS
Cyan: -30
Magenta: -4
Yellow: +13
Black: +7

YELLOWS
Cyan: -8
Magenta: 0
Yellow: 0
Black: +19

WHITES
Cyan: +7
Magenta: -9
Yellow: -21
Black: +24

NEUTRALS
Cyan: 0
Magenta: 0
Yellow: +3
Black: 0

BLACKS
Cyan: +9
Magenta: +9
Yellow: -7
Black: +17

These are the values that worked for me ... but, as I said, you might have to tweak them a bit differently ...

Hope this helps ...